Standard Terminology Chart

40.1.1 - Standard Terminology Chart (Rev. 105, Issued: 06-02-17, Effective: 07-03-17, Implementation: 07-03-17) STANDARD TERMINOLOGY DESCRIPTION QUESTION (QCN) Request for assistance and/or reported potential system problem. For questions, the MACs and the STC shall contact the SSM’s helpdesk to log their question. PROBLEM Confirmed system and/or documentation problem Change Request (CR) Any software modification made to the system as a result of a CMS mandate or maintainer initiated action CMS STATUS CMS needs take action by answering a question, finalizing an instruction, etc. NSC (non-system change) STATUS CMS CR does not require shared system change. May require A/B MAC maintenance RESEARCH STATUS The SSM completes high level review of required changes by analyzing them and determining the intent of the change request REQUIREMENTS (REQS) STATUS The SSM finalizes the business requirements WALKTHROUGH STATUS The SSM presents the systems solution to the CR in a structured walkthrough discussion with CMS and Beta testers WORK STATUS The SSM completes technical design, coding and unit testing the system change STANDARD TERMINOLOGY DESCRIPTION ALPHA TESTING Functional testing performed by the SSM, after successful unit testing of the new or modified code; which starts approximately ninety (90) days prior to the implementation of the Change Request. The testing verifies all changed components function appropriately within the full environment at the SSM site in a controlled environment. BETA TESTING This is the second phase of testing after Alpha testing. The goal of Beta testing is to identify and resolve any remaining defects before a product/software is released to a production environment. Beta testing begins eight weeks prior to the production implementation date of a quarterly release. The Beta tester continues to test all iterations of the code through the UAT testing phase until the release moves to production. The Beta tester continues to test for two weeks post production or until they are 100% completed, whichever comes first. User Acceptance Testing (UAT) MACs and DME MACs perform UAT testing during the four weeks prior to the production implementation date of a quarterly release. USER STATUS The SSM returns question to user to provide more information or examples, assess solution